Exchanges believe its legal status may now change, with the government pushing for digitised transactions.
SEO poisoning is a technique used by malware authors to mix rogue search results with legitimate ones. This attack, coupled with news items that are of interest to users, is a lethal combination.
Engineers Simon Wiseman and Richard Oak from defence technology company Qinetiq, Worcestershire, have found a way to stop computer viruses in their tracks by intercepting every file that could possibly hide a virus.
Ads are used by all websites to monetise and can be seen on every webpage, which makes them a very soft target for malware authors. Compounding the problem is the fact that a single malicious advertisement may only appear once every 1,000 page views or only to viewers from a certain geographic region, thus making it more challenging to detect and eradicate.
Asserting that central government employees may have to work with staggered attendance and variable working hours, the personnel ministry has come out with a draft framework for 'work for home' for the staff post-lockdown. The department of personnel and training may provide options for work from home to the eligible officers/staff for 15 days in a year as a matter of policy, it said.
Anti-virus and anti-spyware technologies, which are packaged as 'blacklist' solutions, are gradually giving way to what security experts claim is a far more effective IT security technology based on 'whitelist' solutions.
Govt, telecom, defence sectors most attacked by cybercriminals
Symantec report says India saw 6% of social media scams globally in 2014
Hurricanes and other natural disasters command the headlines. But it's everyday calamities, like computer viruses, that can really wipe out a company.
'At this age we all know that death is inevitable, but everyone wants to die with dignity.' 'The judges have given the answer.'
Do Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut, and Sharad Pawar want the deaths of the Bhima Koregaon accused to be associated with their regime? asks Jyoti Punwani.
As the world shrinks, international cybercrime is growing in scope and sophistication.
With cyber criminals becoming savvier by the day, learning how to safeguard yourself is imperative.
With 10-12 million users, India is a good market for smartphone security software companies.
Don't reveal any information to strangers.
Cellphone users are unaware that there are almost 200 viruses that can get into their phones, and wipe out the entire address book, data and music files while they perform an everyday tasks.
The rogue software is designed to look like legitimate security software that is running a trial mode on a user's PC.
On an average, Symantec reports two lakh malware submissions per month and anti-spyware product company Max Secure Software has identified over two lakh anti-spyware threats.
Every 27th email in an Indian's inbox contains a virus, trojan or other form of malware, making our country continually the hardest hit in terms of virus activity.
GSTN is planning a disaster recovery drill and hence services will not be available for 12 hours, between 9am and 9pm, on July 1, and has requested the taxpayers to plan GST-related activities on the portal accordingly.
The hacking took place on the night of February 4.
Since payment alternatives such as UPI, e-wallets and USSD - based mobile banking through different platforms are directly or indirectly linked to the user's bank account one needs to be extra careful to keep hackers at bay, explains Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar.
Network anti-virus and Internet content security major, Trend Micro on Tuesday warned Internet users of a new memory-resident worm that takes advantage of newly announced Microsoft Plug-and-Play security flaw.
A recent report from anti-virus and Internet security software firm Trend Micro's TrendLabs indicates that mobile malwares have advanced at a surprising rate in the last three months.
In April, RBI had to issue a warning about a mobile application.
These users span across four continents and included diplomats, political dissidents, journalists and senior government officials.
Yes, if you follow certain safety measures, says Shruti Puri. Here are some rules you must follow.
WhatsApp, last month, sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of helping those buying its spyware Pegasus break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents.
India was the most targeted country in Asia and second in the world.
Many fake websites seeking donations for Uttarakhand flood relief fund are emerging threat for Internet users as these are spreading malicious programmes, security solutions provider McAfee said.
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'Location is your primary sensitive data in today's time.' 'Location information is taken at a premium today because it can be sold and shared.' 'When we share our locations, the cyber security-aspect becomes very vulnerable.' 'If your identity and location is shared, then it is far easier for a criminal to target you for whatever purpose.'
Risks are increasing with 55 times increase in such transactions over the past three years, says a Assocham-PwC report
Norton report says Indians putting themselves at risk over Wi-Fi usage
Virtual currencies don't have any intrinsic value and are not backed by any kind of assets.
Report holds Hitachi responsible for debit card data theft. When the data theft came to light, Hitachi had denied that its systems were compromised.
As many as 641 customers across 19 banks have been duped of Rs 1.3 crore using stolen debit card data
There are umpteen cases where travel websites and airlines advertise tickets for unbelievably low prices, without mentioning taxes and other charges.
It will tackle crimes, including those associated with malware, botnets, intellectual property theft and technology facilitated child exploitation.
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